Participatory performance in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
Duration 30 min / 2-days flag stitching workshop.
Performed by Sofie Hesselholdt and Vibeke Mejlvang together with a group of local participants.
Music composition: Mika Forsling

Organised by Belarmino&Partners as part of In Situ, Performance as Exhibition, the Malaysian Edition. 

During the 2-days workshop, we created flags together. The participants donated used textiles and we spent the day stitching, imagining, and building a shared space of presence and possibility. The table was filled with such beautiful energy. The flags from the Copenhagen performance in 2024 were transformed and sewn together with Malaysian textiles.

In the performance, the week after, we activated the flags. Each piece carries stories of lived lives, memories, and use—all stitched together to form a larger narrative of collectiveness. We shared a beautiful day filled with music, movement, laughter, and touching moments—coming together as one collective body. Through this symbolic act of hope, reconciliation, and connection, we engaged with one another and the site. As a unified group, we moved through space—walking in formations, parading, swinging, and displaying the flags together.
You showed us how quickly bonds can spark.

Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and the New Carlsberg Foundation, in collaboration with the George Town Literature Festival and Penang Art District.

Film: Peppe’s Studio
Photo: Geric Cruz